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~ " lOG"ZmanimOUs endorsement of the proposal. :;r. Chri~ty stated thc.t thii'action by the irrigators illu~trates the intent of the major irrigation intorest in the valley to mike efficient regulation and utilization of existing vroter resources in ,the ,\rkansas River,Ba$in" l~. Christy expressed oOnfi- dence that the proposed salvage .'Jill not be detrimental to the inflow to John Martin Reservoir. In r,esponse to l.U'. Beise's question, Hr. Powell estimated that about 220,000 aore-feet of ,vater annually oould be made, available for irrigation diversion as a result of effeoting the prooesses adopted in the above-quoted iteLls, and 'l'lith allowances for inported projeot water, increased Twin Lakes imports and revise of return flow from imported and salvaged \'ro.ter. Mr. Page pointed out that such salvage of Arl:ansas water is a step in the rig;ht direction as it i~ essential that the people in the Valley deI;1Onstrate to the COllGress that they will I:Jake maximum use of their ovm vroter resouroes before asldng for imported waters fron the Colorado River. Answering !.fr. 1!erriell' s question regarding how long it would take to build up the power pool, Ur- 1'0\'.'011 s'\;ated that in periods beginning; with a year such as 1911 it would take about four years but that the reservoirs could fill in a single year with runoff as oocurred in 1921 and 1942. Municipal and Domstic Uses of Water '. 5. l~. Christy stated th~t thore vms not nuch ~~re to report since the Grand Junotion neetinG on nunicipal vroter requirenents for the Valley towns down to Las Aninas and that the estimate of B,OOO ~cre-feet previo~sly suggested still stands. He feels that the Ci-t~' of Pueblo will request tho.t -the estimate of 5,000 acre-foet (inoluding the 7furtz Ditch) for ninimun probable demand from the First !'hece of the GuIl!1ison-.^..rko.nsas Project, suG- gested at the Grand J\L~ctic~ weeting of the Connittee, be raised to an unconfirmed fiGure of 7,000 a.cre-feot. Lx. Boise asked .nlether the present plan is to include -the Valle:r Pipeline in the First Phase of the potential project. Llr. POl.tell c.nS:'.'ered in the affir!!lD.tive but ndvised that inolusion of a water treatment plant ...ms questionable. ix. !.lerriell suggested that consideration be given to supplyinS rural donestic and livestoc~ needs in the valley directly fro!:! the pipeline o.s in the case of the potential Collbren Project in Western Colorado thnt is planned to supply the Cit;i of Gro.nd Junction v~th municipal vmter, JudGe Stone said thnt the State ~ater Conser- vation Board has reconnended th~t the contenplated pipeline to Grand Junction be inoluded as a pc.r1: of the potential Collbran Project. l!r. Beise asl:ed about treatment of "nmicipal vroter supplies and !1r. Larson infonn..ed hin of actions taken by the l"etropolitall Water District of Salt Lake City to not press the Government for ~onstru~tion of filter plants and to build its Ol'm distribution system from the Salt Lake Aqueduct of the Provo River Project. JUdGe Stona added tho.t it io the r;cnero.l policy of tho Ilurenu that such pipe- lines to nunicipalities c~~ be included as a pert of n recl~tion project but that filter or water treatment nlants are a part of the municipalities' problem. !!r. Hoper repor+'ed that h~ had !mde sone SUGGestions to tho Bureau re~~rdi~g ~e~~~re=c~~8 for 1T.:tO~ by the City of Colorado Grriugs for inclusion in th~ p:,:-ojc-'.~+ :'(l'~"'C)rt but tho.-\:; he had nothi:l~ further to report to tho Comtt"e. c ;:;